I know this has been asked in various forms before, but I am asking in a different way.

I am retired and mildly disabled, and am seeking to find a camera to learn photography from. I prefer Canon, but will not yet limit myself to that, but it is preferred. I have no price range to state, because I do not know what is available, so I would not know how much it might cost me. And once I know how much, I can then work to get that amount of money to acquire it, as needed.

What I seek is a small camera that I can easily carry around with me all the time, similar to a cell phone or point and shoot in size, but not necessarily limited to that. Pocket sized would be most useful, but not necessarily required. I am mildly handicapped, which made that requirement somewhat important.

The important things other than size and transportability are:

Can shoot in various modes: Manual, Aperture Priority, Shutter Priority, Program mode, as well as auto.
One that shoots RAW as well as JPEG.
A pretty good amount of zoom with the fixed lens or ability to change lenses (preferred but not required).
A reasonable low light capability.

I realize that I seek a lot, but I just want to know what is out there, especially since I am not really familiar with all or most of what is out there, and I see so many things that people speak of here in Ugly Hedgehog, that I had never heard of before, so I ask here. If you give me a brand and model number, I can look for info online about it, but it needs to be a USA-available camera.

I would appreciate any help I can get with this. Please resist the snarky comments. I am rather new to photography, but seek to learn as something to do, and want to learn to a fairly deep level, but I need a place from which to start. Thank you, in advance.

For a) pocketsize and b) the various shooting modes and c) captures on RAW, look at the Canon Powershot line for the 'G' series. There's several models, I have the G9X II. Each model number (G1, G7, G9, G5, etc) is a slightly different mix of zoom focal lengths, but the features are much the same. They have in-body stabilization, some have movable screens letting you hold the camera at odd angles. Sony and Nikon have similar models, where price and / or features might impact your final decision.

I know this has been asked in various forms before, but I am asking in a different way.

I am retired and mildly disabled, and am seeking to find a camera to learn photography from. I prefer Canon, but will not yet limit myself to that, but it is preferred. I have no price range to state, because I do not know what is available, so I would not know how much it might cost me. And once I know how much, I can then work to get that amount of money to acquire it, as needed.

What I seek is a small camera that I can easily carry around with me all the time, similar to a cell phone or point and shoot in size, but not necessarily limited to that. Pocket sized would be most useful, but not necessarily required. I am mildly handicapped, which made that requirement somewhat important.

The important things other than size and transportability are:

Can shoot in various modes: Manual, Aperture Priority, Shutter Priority, Program mode, as well as auto.
One that shoots RAW as well as JPEG.
A pretty good amount of zoom with the fixed lens or ability to change lenses (preferred but not required).
A reasonable low light capability.

I realize that I seek a lot, but I just want to know what is out there, especially since I am not really familiar with all or most of what is out there, and I see so many things that people speak of here in Ugly Hedgehog, that I had never heard of before, so I ask here. If you give me a brand and model number, I can look for info online about it, but it needs to be a USA-available camera.

I would appreciate any help I can get with this. Please resist the snarky comments. I am rather new to photography, but seek to learn as something to do, and want to learn to a fairly deep level, but I need a place from which to start. Thank you, in advance.

I know this has been asked in various forms before, but I am asking in a different way.

I am retired and mildly disabled, and am seeking to find a camera to learn photography from. I prefer Canon, but will not yet limit myself to that, but it is preferred. I have no price range to state, because I do not know what is available, so I would not know how much it might cost me. And once I know how much, I can then work to get that amount of money to acquire it, as needed.

What I seek is a small camera that I can easily carry around with me all the time, similar to a cell phone or point and shoot in size, but not necessarily limited to that. Pocket sized would be most useful, but not necessarily required. I am mildly handicapped, which made that requirement somewhat important.

The important things other than size and transportability are:

Can shoot in various modes: Manual, Aperture Priority, Shutter Priority, Program mode, as well as auto.
One that shoots RAW as well as JPEG.
A pretty good amount of zoom with the fixed lens or ability to change lenses (preferred but not required).
A reasonable low light capability.

I realize that I seek a lot, but I just want to know what is out there, especially since I am not really familiar with all or most of what is out there, and I see so many things that people speak of here in Ugly Hedgehog, that I had never heard of before, so I ask here. If you give me a brand and model number, I can look for info online about it, but it needs to be a USA-available camera.

I would appreciate any help I can get with this. Please resist the snarky comments. I am rather new to photography, but seek to learn as something to do, and want to learn to a fairly deep level, but I need a place from which to start. Thank you, in advance.